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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
 

Aviation Rulemaking Advisory Committee; Transport Airplane and 
Engine Issues

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of new task assignment for the Aviation Rulemaking 
Advisory Committee.

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SUMMARY: Notice is given of new task assignments for the Flight Test 
Working Group of the Aviation Rulemaking Advisory Committee (ARAC). 
This notice informs the public of the activities of the ARAC.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Michael H. Borfitz, Assistant Executive Director, Aviation Rulemaking 
Advisory Committee, Transport Airplane and Engine Issues, FAA Engine & 
Propeller Directorate, 12 New England Executive Park, Burlington, 
Massachusetts 01803; telephone (617) 238-7110, fax (617) 238-7199.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On January 22, 1991 (56 FR 2190), the 
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) established the Aviation 
Rulemaking Advisory Committee (ARAC). The committee provides advice and 
recommendations to the FAA Administrator, through the Associate 
Administrator for Regulation and Certification, on the full range of 
the FAA's rulemaking activities with respect to aviation-related 
issues.
    In order to develop such advice and recommendations, the ARAC may 
choose to establish working groups to which specific tasks are 
assigned. Such working groups are comprised of experts from those 
organizations having an interest in the assigned task. A working group 
member need not be a representative of the full committee. One of the 
working groups established by the ARAC is the Flight Test Working 
Group.
    The FAA announced at the Joint Aviation Authorities (JAA)-Federal 
Aviation Administration (FAA) Harmonization Conference in Toronto, 
Canada June 2-5, 1992, that it would consolidate within the ARAC 
structure an ongoing objective to ``harmonize'' the Joint Aviation 
Requirements (JAR) and the Federal Aviation Regulations (FAR).

Task

    The Flight Test Working Group's tasks are as follows:
    Task 1--Gate Requirements for High Lift Devices: Recommend to the 
ARAC simplified and clarified requirements related to gated positions 
on the control used by the pilot select the position of an airplane's 
high lift devices.
    Task 2--Flight Characteristics in Icing Conditions: Recommend to 
the ARAC new or revised requirements and compliance methods related to 
airplane performance and handling characteristics in icing conditions.

Reports

    For each task listed above, the Flight Test Working Group should 
develop and present to the ARAC:
    1. A recommended work plan for completion of the task, including 
the rationale supporting such plan, for consideration at the meeting of 
the ARAC to consider transport airplane and engine issues held 
following publication of this notice;
    2. A detailed conceptual presentation on the proposed 
recommendation(s), prior to proceeding with the work stated in item 3. 
below;
    3. A draft Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM), with supporting 
economic and other required analyses, and/or any other related guidance 
material or collateral documents the working group determines to be 
appropriate; or, if new or revised requirements of compliance methods 
are not recommended, a draft report stating the rationale for not 
making such recommendations; and
    4. A status report at each meeting of the ARAC held to consider 
transport airplane and engine issues.

Participation in Working Group Task

    An individual who has expertise in the subject matter and wishes to 
become a member of the working group should write to the person listed 
under the caption FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT expressing that 
desire, describing his or her interest in the task and stating the 
expertise he or she would bring to the working group. The request will 
be reviewed with the assistant chairman and working group leader, and 
the individual will be advised whether or not the request can be 
accommodated.
    The Secretary of Transportation has determined that the information 
and use of the Aviation Rulemaking Advisory Committee are necessary in 
the public interest in connection with the performance of duties 
imposed on the FAA by law. Meetings of the Aviation Rulemaking Advisory 
Committee will be open to the public, except as authorized by section 
10(d) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act. Meetings of the working 
group will not be open to the public, except to the extent that 
individuals with an interest and expertise are selected to participate. 
No public announcement of working group meetings will be made.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on June 3, 1994.
Chris A. Christie,
Executive Director, Aviation Rulemaking Advisory Committee.
[FR Doc. 94-14145 Filed 6-9-94; 8:45 am]
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